British Antarctic Survey prepares to search for microbial life in subglacial lake – video

Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey are getting ready to drill through 2 miles (3.4km) of ice to reach the subglacial Lake Ellsworth in West Antarctica. They will take samples from the lake to look for signs of life. Any life form living in complete darkness beneath the icer could have been isolated from the world above for up to a million years